Ancient Greek

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *steh₃-mn̥ (mouth, muzzle). Cognate with Avestan 𐬯𐬙𐬀𐬨𐬀𐬥 (staman, mouth (of a dog)), Welsh safn (mouth, jaws), Hittite [script needed] (ištāman-, ear), as well as, despite Beekes's objections, Proto-Germanic *stebnō (voice, sound).[1]

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Noun

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στόμᾰ (stóman (genitive στόμᾰτος); third declension

  1. mouth (especially as the organ of speech)
  2. face
  3. The source of a river or stream
  4. An opening or fissure in the earth
  5. The frontmost part of something

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Descendants

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  • Greek:
    • Modern Greek: στόμα (stóma)
    • Tsakonian: τθούμα (tthoúma)

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “στόμα”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, page 1408

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma), from Proto-Indo-European *stomn̥, *stomen- (mouth, muzzle).

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Noun

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στόμα (stóman (plural στόματα)

  1. (anatomy) mouth
  2. (synecdochically) person
    Η μάνα του είχε δέκα στόματα να θρέψει.
    I mána tou eíche déka stómata na thrépsei.
    His mother had ten mouths to feed.

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